Zeiskam Klostergarten Riesling trocken 2024

The wine's story:

Klostergarten is Zeiskam’s finest vineyard and Lukas’s home – the place where it all began in 2016. The single-vineyard wines spend two years on their lees in wooden casks in the Hammelmann cellar, where they clarify naturally and undergo malolactic fermentation. The result is a Riesling with depth, texture and a cool structure alongside its freshness and acidity.

Lukas Hammelmann founded his small wine estate in Zeiskam, in the southern Pfalz, in 2016, coming from a family with no previous connection to winemaking. He farms just under five hectares in three villages – Zeiskam, Hochstadt and Neustadt-Hambach – and makes wine from only three varieties: Riesling, Chardonnay and Spätburgunder.

Winemaking:

• Variety: Riesling 100% – single-vineyard wine (Lagenwein)
• Soil: sandstone, clay, loess
• Vine age: 15–20 years
• Hand-harvested, spontaneous fermentation in wooden casks
• 24 months on the lees, natural malolactic fermentation, bottled unfiltered
• Alcohol 12.5%

Tasting notes:

Apricot, apple peel, flowers, herbs and wet stone. Dry, taut and layered, with a long saline finish. Decanting recommended.

Food pairing:

Zander, cod with butter sauce, veal, poultry with a creamy sauce and aged hard cheeses.

Ageing potential:

Best 2026–2035.

Ratings & accolades:

Robert Parker Wine Advocate – 94/100 (2023 vintage).

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